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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25722 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,680,479 ratings — published 2005
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All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21750 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,787,168 ratings — published 2014
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The Nightingale The Nightingale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17812 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,591,133 ratings — published 2015
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Outlander (Outlander, #1) Outlander (Outlander, #1)
by (shelved 13260 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,096,042 ratings — published 1991
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The Help The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13180 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,863,919 ratings — published 2009
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The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
by (shelved 12565 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 786,576 ratings — published 1989
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11395 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,431,084 ratings — published 2017
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Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11037 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,042,728 ratings — published 1997
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 11011 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,673,140 ratings — published 2011
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 10611 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 774,159 ratings — published 2008
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
by (shelved 9508 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 503,846 ratings — published 2001
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Pachinko Pachinko (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9453 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 524,994 ratings — published 2017
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A Gentleman in Moscow A Gentleman in Moscow (Paperback)
by (shelved 9428 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.33 — 595,121 ratings — published 2016
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 9196 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,403,621 ratings — published 1960
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The Kite Runner The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 8995 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,267,700 ratings — published 2003
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The Alice Network The Alice Network (Paperback)
by (shelved 8945 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 538,380 ratings — published 2017
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 8510 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,036,878 ratings — published 2018
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Salt to the Sea Salt to the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8332 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 228,298 ratings — published 2016
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Daisy Jones & The Six Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8185 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,641,212 ratings — published 2019
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The Four Winds The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8145 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 776,553 ratings — published 2021
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Between Shades of Gray Between Shades of Gray (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8087 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.37 — 255,554 ratings — published 2011
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Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 7916 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 218,652 ratings — published 2009
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7907 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 877,658 ratings — published 2006
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7539 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 416,925 ratings — published 2016
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 7404 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,238,110 ratings — published 1936
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Girl with a Pearl Earring Girl with a Pearl Earring (Paperback)
by (shelved 7263 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 752,208 ratings — published 1999
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Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 7189 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 3,240,390 ratings — published 2018
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Water for Elephants Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 7063 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,650,145 ratings — published 2006
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Number the Stars Number the Stars (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7032 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.19 — 586,948 ratings — published 1989
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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2)
by (shelved 6979 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 367,930 ratings — published 1992
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The Women The Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6822 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.62 — 850,135 ratings — published 2024
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A Thousand Splendid Suns A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6795 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,603,910 ratings — published 2007
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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 6771 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 122,368 ratings — published 2012
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The Red Tent The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6638 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 611,691 ratings — published 1997
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Before We Were Yours Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6504 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.40 — 650,501 ratings — published 2017
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
by (shelved 6399 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 666,494 ratings — published 2001
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Circe Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6255 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,167,406 ratings — published 2018
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Hamnet Hamnet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6076 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 284,197 ratings — published 2020
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Sarah's Key Sarah's Key (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5946 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 482,719 ratings — published 2006
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Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1) Lilac Girls (Lilac Girls, #1)
by (shelved 5910 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 317,479 ratings — published 2016
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Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5867 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,489,028 ratings — published 2022
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Voyager (Outlander, #3) Voyager (Outlander, #3)
by (shelved 5825 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.39 — 317,602 ratings — published 1993
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Orphan Train Orphan Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 5807 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.20 — 450,718 ratings — published 2013
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Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 5715 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.32 — 332,365 ratings — published 2010
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The Rose Code The Rose Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 5695 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.45 — 294,778 ratings — published 2021
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World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2) World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
by (shelved 5618 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 260,172 ratings — published 2007
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Pride & Prejudice (Masterpiece Library Edition) Pride & Prejudice (Masterpiece Library Edition)
by (shelved 5608 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,423,240 ratings — published 1813
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The Lost Apothecary The Lost Apothecary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5590 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 414,327 ratings — published 2021
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5519 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,224,643 ratings — published 2020
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The Name of the Rose The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 5430 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 376,155 ratings — published 1980
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Michael G. Kramer
“This stated, “Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I am delighted by the decision of your government to provide an infantry battalion for service in South Vietnam at the request of the Government of South Vietnam” The simple fact about this was that no such request was ever received by the Australian Government.”
Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

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“Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.”
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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2) The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
by (shelved 5401 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 178,190 ratings — published 2009
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The Great Alone The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5293 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.43 — 913,879 ratings — published 2018
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5263 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 793,582 ratings — published 2020
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 5202 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 237,307 ratings — published 1979
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The Giver of Stars The Giver of Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5147 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 453,560 ratings — published 2019
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5140 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 377,946 ratings — published 2005
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The Invention of Wings The Invention of Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5071 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.25 — 321,678 ratings — published 2014
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Atonement Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 5042 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 536,038 ratings — published 2001
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Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4) Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
by (shelved 4994 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.35 — 258,204 ratings — published 1996
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The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)
by (shelved 4949 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 104,847 ratings — published 2004
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Year of Wonders Year of Wonders (Paperback)
by (shelved 4920 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 167,562 ratings — published 2001
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
by (shelved 4900 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 236,349 ratings — published 2019
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11/22/63 11/22/63 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4882 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.34 — 575,741 ratings — published 2011
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 4831 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,464,869 ratings — published 1925
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1) The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)
by (shelved 4821 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 141,279 ratings — published 2017
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 4660 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.27 — 712,866 ratings — published 1982
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The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6) The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
by (shelved 4631 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 164,429 ratings — published 2005
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4597 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.17 — 303,203 ratings — published 2022
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The Personal Librarian The Personal Librarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4555 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 190,483 ratings — published 2021
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The Paris Wife The Paris Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4529 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 299,978 ratings — published 2011
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Little Women Little Women (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4508 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,311,427 ratings — published 1868
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All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4432 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 480,615 ratings — published 1928
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The Huntress The Huntress (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4425 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.30 — 181,038 ratings — published 2019
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 4411 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.87 — 972,472 ratings — published 1859
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Malibu Rising Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4407 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,135,771 ratings — published 2021
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Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
by (shelved 4307 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 195,411 ratings — published 1975
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The Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 4238 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 762,035 ratings — published 1998
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Beneath a Scarlet Sky Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Paperback)
by (shelved 4226 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.43 — 355,300 ratings — published 2017
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The Light Between Oceans The Light Between Oceans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4203 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 466,053 ratings — published 2012
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The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5) The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
by (shelved 4189 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 217,295 ratings — published 2001
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The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10) The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
by (shelved 4154 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.91 — 93,134 ratings — published 2006
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4152 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 306,817 ratings — published 2009
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The Historian The Historian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4107 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.80 — 270,222 ratings — published 2005
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Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
by (shelved 4088 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 98,918 ratings — published 2012
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
by (shelved 4072 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.10 — 273,311 ratings — published 1980
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Burial Rites Burial Rites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4064 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 117,241 ratings — published 2013
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The Book of Lost Names The Book of Lost Names (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4025 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.43 — 231,822 ratings — published 2020
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback)
by (shelved 4000 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,316,172 ratings — published 2001
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 3999 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.96 — 455,456 ratings — published 1987
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The Kitchen House The Kitchen House (Paperback)
by (shelved 3982 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.22 — 285,539 ratings — published 2010
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The Nickel Boys The Nickel Boys (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3942 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.26 — 259,963 ratings — published 2019
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The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12) The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)
by (shelved 3859 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.88 — 98,884 ratings — published 2003
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The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1) The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
by (shelved 3856 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.62 — 147,076 ratings — published 2014
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The Diamond Eye The Diamond Eye (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3811 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 159,681 ratings — published 2022
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Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
by (shelved 3781 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.78 — 233,197 ratings — published 2013
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The Marriage Portrait The Marriage Portrait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3767 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 167,765 ratings — published 2022
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6) A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
by (shelved 3710 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 183,471 ratings — published 2005
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Fever 1793 Fever 1793 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3701 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.93 — 128,492 ratings — published 2000
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The Fountains of Silence The Fountains of Silence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3687 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 73,519 ratings — published 2019
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Lovely War Lovely War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3679 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.23 — 61,887 ratings — published 2019
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Ruta Sepetys
“He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.
We were about to become cigarettes.”
Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

Kristin Hannah
“Love is what remains when everything else is gone.”
Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

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Les Misérables Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3670 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.21 — 815,205 ratings — published 1862
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Paperback)
by (shelved 3637 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 155,703 ratings — published 1958
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The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1) The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)
by (shelved 3624 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.79 — 613,143 ratings — published 2000
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The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 3614 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.14 — 323,776 ratings — published 1989
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The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1) The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)
by (shelved 3586 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.05 — 87,832 ratings — published 2011
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The Dictionary of Lost Words The Dictionary of Lost Words (Paperback)
by (shelved 3584 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 160,310 ratings — published 2020
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The Paris Library The Paris Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3573 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.07 — 131,728 ratings — published 2021
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 3563 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.44 — 884,413 ratings — published 1850
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The Night Circus The Night Circus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3528 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,025,021 ratings — published 2011
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Fingersmith Fingersmith (ebook)
by (shelved 3465 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.02 — 110,962 ratings — published 2002
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 3446 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 951,487 ratings — published 1844
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The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3) The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)
by (shelved 3440 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.82 — 75,301 ratings — published 2010
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The Frozen River The Frozen River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3438 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.42 — 188,605 ratings — published 2023
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The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1) The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
by (shelved 3431 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.49 — 105,855 ratings — published 2015
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 3428 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,171,135 ratings — published 1847
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Rules of Civility Rules of Civility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3418 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.08 — 249,582 ratings — published 2011
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City of Girls City of Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3411 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 302,465 ratings — published 2019
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Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1) Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1)
by (shelved 3376 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 165,313 ratings — published 2016
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City of Thieves City of Thieves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3349 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.29 — 155,910 ratings — published 2008
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I Must Betray You I Must Betray You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3346 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.41 — 80,825 ratings — published 2022
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An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7) An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
by (shelved 3324 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.44 — 158,075 ratings — published 2009
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The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
by (shelved 3323 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.06 — 176,704 ratings — published 1994
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The Island of Sea Women The Island of Sea Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3290 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.31 — 136,711 ratings — published 2019
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People of the Book People of the Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3268 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.03 — 150,159 ratings — published 2008
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Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
by (shelved 3264 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.38 — 167,162 ratings — published 2012
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Lincoln in the Bardo Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3248 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.75 — 163,148 ratings — published 2017
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3241 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.01 — 937,723 ratings — published 1939
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Alias Grace Alias Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3235 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 4.04 — 148,771 ratings — published 1996
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
by (shelved 3231 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.94 — 100,096 ratings — published 2012
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Cold Mountain Cold Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 3221 times as historical-fiction)
avg rating 3.89 — 245,755 ratings — published 1997
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News of the World News of the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 108,082 ratings — published 2016
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Diana   Forbes
“I wished he'd stop trying to put me off. It was becoming irksome. Or, if he were, then he really needed to stop acting so damned charming.”
Diana Forbes, Mistress Suffragette

Michael G. Kramer
“Sergeant Max Franklin replied, “Just go back to your post at number six and keep your wits about you. The word from the Americans in “Big Red One” is that the Noggies are coming to us. I hope not, but it could be what you have been hearing.”
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“The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions. In this way, the people will not see those rights and freedoms being removed until past the point at which these changes cannot be reversed.”
Pat Miller, Willfully Ignorant

Nancy Omeara
“How did I become President?
I began by setting an example, hanging out my own dirty laundry in front of Village Earth right from the start. Every ugly little life secret became a matter of public record. Of course, that included sordid love-life details.”
Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1) Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin, #1)
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The Reader The Reader (Hardcover)
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And the Mountains Echoed And the Mountains Echoed (Hardcover)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
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One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1) One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)
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The Luminaries The Luminaries (Hardcover)
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Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4) Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4)
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Jennifer Donnelly
“Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.”
Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution

Oscar Wilde
“Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.”
Oscar Wilde

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Diana Gabaldon
“To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.”
Diana Gabaldon (Jamie Fraser)

Diana   Forbes
“I wished he'd stop trying to put me off. It was becoming irksome. Or, if he were, then he really needed to stop acting so damned charming.”
Diana Forbes, Mistress Suffragette

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The Orphan's Tale The Orphan's Tale (Paperback)
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
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Rose Under Fire Rose Under Fire (Hardcover)
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Mass Market Paperback)
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The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3) The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, #3)
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Euphoria Euphoria (Hardcover)
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
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The Sunne in Splendour The Sunne in Splendour (Mass Market Paperback)
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In the Time of the Butterflies In the Time of the Butterflies (Paperback)
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Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
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The English Patient The English Patient (Hardcover)
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Catherine, Called Birdy Catherine, Called Birdy (Paperback)
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The Librarian of Auschwitz The Librarian of Auschwitz (Hardcover)
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Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution (Hardcover)
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Michael G. Kramer
“The Minister of Army answered, “Bob, I thought that you would have been an astute and clever enough a politician to think of this yourself, but seeing how you have asked me, I suggest that you wait until eight in the night on Thursday 29/April/1965 to announce that Australia will send the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment to fight in South Vietnam. By you waiting until the evening of 29/April/1965 to announce this in Parliament, the labour opposition leader of Arthur Caldwell and his deputy leader of Gough Whitlam should be absent, as will be most of the entire parliament, because the following day is the beginning of a long week-
end. You are legally not required to give advanced warning to the house, so you can easily get away with this!”
Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

John Gardner
“They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.

'Poor Grendel's had an accident,' I whisper. 'So may you all.”
John Champlin Gardner, Grendel

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Transcription Transcription (Hardcover)
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Where the Lost Wander Where the Lost Wander (Kindle Edition)
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (Paperback)
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The Mountains Sing The Mountains Sing (Hardcover)
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (Hardcover)
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The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1) The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
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The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1) The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
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When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
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Ruta Sepetys
“He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.
We were about to become cigarettes.”
Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

Yvonne Korshak
“It had happened. Thucydides, his archrival, was a general. Glaucon, from his own tribe, was a general. And Pericles was no longer a general. He was just a citizen with one vote. And an idea”
Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1) Hild (The Hild Sequence, #1)
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The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1) The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)
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The Shoemaker's Wife The Shoemaker's Wife (Hardcover)
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Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach (Hardcover)
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The American Heiress The American Heiress (Hardcover)
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Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1) Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)
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Black Cake Black Cake (Hardcover)
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Hawaii Hawaii (Paperback)
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra The Memoirs of Cleopatra (Paperback)
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Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1) Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1)
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The Buddha in the Attic The Buddha in the Attic (Hardcover)
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Kristin Hannah
“Love is what remains when everything else is gone.”
Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

Oscar Wilde
“Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it.”
Oscar Wilde

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Possession Possession (Paperback)
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
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Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1) Labyrinth (Languedoc, #1)
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What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)
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I Was Anastasia I Was Anastasia (Audio CD)
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North and South North and South (Paperback)
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The Painted Girls The Painted Girls (Hardcover)
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Treasure Island Treasure Island (Hardcover)
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The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1) The Game of Kings (The Lymond Chronicles, #1)
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The Midwife's Apprentice The Midwife's Apprentice (Paperback)
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
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Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1) Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
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On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4) On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
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The Dressmaker The Dressmaker (Hardcover)
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John Gardner
“They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.

'Poor Grendel's had an accident,' I whisper. 'So may you all.”
John Champlin Gardner, Grendel

Rudyard Kipling
“If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run- Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, And-which is more-you'll be a man my son.”
Rudyard Kipling, If: A Father's Advice to His Son

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My Ántonia My Ántonia (Paperback)
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The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1) The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1)
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Michael Tobert
“The street outside is empty, lit only by a half moon; yet factory engines beat in the background and the working day is about to begin. Maggie steps out of the tenement and suddenly the street begins to fill with women, some running, some pulling their jackets around them, some lighting pipes, some, like Maggie herself, taking a pinch of snuff. From other tenements come other women, and soon all merge into one, like a herd of cattle off to market, clopping over the stone pavements and the cobbles, lowing with last night’s news.”
Michael Tobert, Karna's Wheel

John Gardner
“They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.

'Poor Grendel's had an accident,' I whisper. 'So may you all.”
John Champlin Gardner, Grendel

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“During the Depression of the 1930s everyone suffered, even the rich. It was hard times for all and people helped each other if they could. Americans coming through that together meant something. Now they were being asked to struggle again. But because so many servicemen were killed at Pearl Harbor, Americans had a cause that they all shared – fight the Fascists and keep the threat and the war from coming home. Yet, now the grim reality, the depths of the sacrifices, and the grief of their losses was devastating.”
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

Leila Meacham
“I'm learning not to hope for what I can't control...”
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Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1) Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz, #1)
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Diana   Forbes
“I felt hot under my Mutton sleeves. "I just wish he'd have the decency to say whatever he came to say in front of his wife."
"Perhaps his wife is busy today."
"She shouldn't be." His wife should track him like a bloodhound.”
Diana Forbes, Mistress Suffragette

Diana Gabaldon
“I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.”
Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber

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The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1) The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1)
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My Name Is Red My Name Is Red (Paperback)
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Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2) Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2)
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Yvonne Korshak
“It had happened. Thucydides, his archrival, was a general. Glaucon, from his own tribe, was a general. And Pericles was no longer a general. He was just a citizen with one vote. And an idea”
Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

John Gardner
“They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.

'Poor Grendel's had an accident,' I whisper. 'So may you all.”
John Champlin Gardner, Grendel

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The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10) The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10)
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A Town Like Alice A Town Like Alice (Paperback)
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The Eagle of the Ninth The Eagle of the Ninth (Paperback)
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A Single Thread A Single Thread (Kindle Edition)
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The Winter Palace (Catherine #1) The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)
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Like Water for Chocolate Like Water for Chocolate (Paperback)
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Outlawed Outlawed (Hardcover)
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hardcover)
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Silence Silence (Paperback)
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An Instance of the Fingerpost An Instance of the Fingerpost (Paperback)
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Memoirs of Hadrian Memoirs of Hadrian (Paperback)
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Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
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The Keeper of Hidden Books The Keeper of Hidden Books (Paperback)
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A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2) A Rogue of One's Own (A League of Extraordinary Women, #2)
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Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga, #2) Now I Rise (The Conqueror's Saga, #2)
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Scarlett Scarlett (Mass Market Paperback)
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The Once and Future King The Once and Future King (Mass Market Paperback)
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
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Michael G. Kramer
“The adrenaline rush subsides as it becomes harder to catch your breath. You become light headed, then dizzy and confused as the air runs out. Reason and sense evaporate as the darkness claims you. That is how it felt to be a Tunnel Rat.”
Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

Ruta Sepetys
“He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.
We were about to become cigarettes.”
Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

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Resistance Women Resistance Women (Kindle Edition)
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The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner The Wednesday Wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Hardcover)
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“The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions. In this way, the people will not see those rights and freedoms being removed until past the point at which these changes cannot be reversed.”
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“To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.”
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Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Hardcover)
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Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3) Three Sisters (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #3)
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1) The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)
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Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C. Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile - 57 B.C. (Audio CD)
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Kristin Hannah
“Love is what remains when everything else is gone.”
Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

Michael Tobert
“The street outside is empty, lit only by a half moon; yet factory engines beat in the background and the working day is about to begin. Maggie steps out of the tenement and suddenly the street begins to fill with women, some running, some pulling their jackets around them, some lighting pipes, some, like Maggie herself, taking a pinch of snuff. From other tenements come other women, and soon all merge into one, like a herd of cattle off to market, clopping over the stone pavements and the cobbles, lowing with last night’s news.”
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The Immortalists The Immortalists (Hardcover)
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Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine (Hardcover)
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Envy (Luxe, #3) Envy (Luxe, #3)
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The Perfume Collector The Perfume Collector (Hardcover)
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The Library of Legends The Library of Legends (Paperback)
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His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae (Paperback)
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The First Four Years  (Little House, #9) The First Four Years (Little House, #9)
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Helen of Troy Helen of Troy (Hardcover)
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Russka Russka (Paperback)
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Fifty Words for Rain Fifty Words for Rain (Hardcover)
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Falls the Shadow  (Welsh Princes, #2) Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
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“This stated, “Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I am delighted by the decision of your government to provide an infantry battalion for service in South Vietnam at the request of the Government of South Vietnam” The simple fact about this was that no such request was ever received by the Australian Government.”
Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

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“How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together? How many times before the damage is irreparable?”
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Diana Gabaldon
“To see the years touch ye gives me joy", he whispered, "for it means that ye live.”
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“Sergeant Max Franklin replied, “Just go back to your post at number six and keep your wits about you. The word from the Americans in “Big Red One” is that the Noggies are coming to us. I hope not, but it could be what you have been hearing.”
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“Cung went to his section commander Corporal Binh Chien Bui and spoke to him. He said, “Binh, come quickly, something strange is going on!”

(A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two)”
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“This stated, “Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I am delighted by the decision of your government to provide an infantry battalion for service in South Vietnam at the request of the Government of South Vietnam” The simple fact about this was that no such request was ever received by the Australian Government.”
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Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens, #2) Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens, #2)
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Nancy Omeara
“How did I become President?
I began by setting an example, hanging out my own dirty laundry in front of Village Earth right from the start. Every ugly little life secret became a matter of public record. Of course, that included sordid love-life details.”
Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

Hermann Rauschning
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”
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Michael G. Kramer
“This stated, “Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I am delighted by the decision of your government to provide an infantry battalion for service in South Vietnam at the request of the Government of South Vietnam” The simple fact about this was that no such request was ever received by the Australian Government.”
Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

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A Dangerous Fortune A Dangerous Fortune (Mass Market Paperback)
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Michael Tobert
“The street outside is empty, lit only by a half moon; yet factory engines beat in the background and the working day is about to begin. Maggie steps out of the tenement and suddenly the street begins to fill with women, some running, some pulling their jackets around them, some lighting pipes, some, like Maggie herself, taking a pinch of snuff. From other tenements come other women, and soon all merge into one, like a herd of cattle off to market, clopping over the stone pavements and the cobbles, lowing with last night’s news.”
Michael Tobert, Karna's Wheel

Jennifer Donnelly
“Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.”
Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution

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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (Hardcover)
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1) A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
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A Thread of Grace A Thread of Grace (Paperback)
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Band of Sisters Band of Sisters (Hardcover)
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
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The Fortune Hunter The Fortune Hunter (Hardcover)
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Trespasses Trespasses (Hardcover)
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1) The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)
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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
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The Gods of War (Emperor, #4) The Gods of War (Emperor, #4)
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Passenger (Passenger, #1) Passenger (Passenger, #1)
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The Architect's Apprentice The Architect's Apprentice (Hardcover)
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Salt Houses Salt Houses (Hardcover)
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The Passion of Artemisia The Passion of Artemisia (Paperback)
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Hood (King Raven, #1) Hood (King Raven, #1)
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A Madness So Discreet A Madness So Discreet (Hardcover)
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A Mercy A Mercy (Hardcover)
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The Fox Wife The Fox Wife (Hardcover)
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A Lady for a Duke A Lady for a Duke (Paperback)
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Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12) Sword of Kings (The Saxon Stories, #12)
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Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1) Mine Till Midnight (The Hathaways, #1)
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Small Island Small Island (Paperback)
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Hardcover)
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Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7) Sharpe's Havoc (Sharpe, #7)
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Alaska Alaska (Paperback)
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter (Kindle Edition)
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Follow the River Follow the River (Mass Market Paperback)
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Sin Eater Sin Eater (Hardcover)
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Half Broke Horses Half Broke Horses (Hardcover)
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We, the Drowned We, the Drowned (Hardcover)
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The Haunting of Maddy Clare The Haunting of Maddy Clare (Paperback)
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A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1) A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)
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The Secret River The Secret River (Paperback)
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Call Your Daughter Home Call Your Daughter Home (Hardcover)
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Calling Me Home Calling Me Home (Hardcover)
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The Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles, #1) The Bastard (Kent Family Chronicles, #1)
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The Corset The Corset (Hardcover)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Paperback)
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The House at Tyneford The House at Tyneford (Paperback)
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Flygirl Flygirl (Hardcover)
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One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
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The Little Liar The Little Liar (Hardcover)
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The Sun Also Rises The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Paperback)
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Countdown (The Sixties Trilogy, #1) Countdown (The Sixties Trilogy, #1)
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Rudyard Kipling
“If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run- Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, And-which is more-you'll be a man my son.”
Rudyard Kipling, If: A Father's Advice to His Son

Diana Gabaldon
“But just then, for that fraction of time, it seems as though all things are possible. You can look across the limitations of your own life, and see that they are really nothing. In that moment when time stops, it is as though you know you could undertake any venture, complete it and come back to yourself, to find the world unchanged, and everything just as you left it a moment before. And it's as though knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary.”
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

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Song of Solomon Song of Solomon (Paperback)
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Munich Munich (Kindle Edition)
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Death Comes for the Archbishop Death Comes for the Archbishop (Paperback)
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Foucault’s Pendulum Foucault’s Pendulum (Paperback)
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Opium and Absinthe Opium and Absinthe (Kindle Edition)
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The Tiger's Wife The Tiger's Wife (Hardcover)
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Lily of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #1) Lily of the Nile (Cleopatra's Daughter, #1)
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The Beautiful Ones The Beautiful Ones (Kindle Edition)
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Musashi Musashi (Hardcover)
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Noble House (Asian Saga, #5) Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)
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White Bird White Bird (Hardcover)
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Daughter of the Forest  (Sevenwaters, #1) Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters, #1)
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Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4) Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)
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Little Little (Hardcover)
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The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (Hardcover)
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When a Scot Ties the Knot (Castles Ever After, #3) When a Scot Ties the Knot (Castles Ever After, #3)
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Bloomsbury Girls Bloomsbury Girls (Hardcover)
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A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1) A Long Way from Chicago (A Long Way from Chicago, #1)
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The Lie Tree The Lie Tree (Paperback)
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The Pearl That Broke Its Shell The Pearl That Broke Its Shell (Hardcover)
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Khan: Empire of Silver (Conqueror, #4) Khan: Empire of Silver (Conqueror, #4)
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Abundance Abundance (Hardcover)
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All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1) All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
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Good Night, Mr. Tom Good Night, Mr. Tom (Paperback)
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The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9) The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9)
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The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery (Mass Market Paperback)
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The Prague Cemetery The Prague Cemetery (Hardcover)
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The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister, #1) The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister, #1)
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The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7) The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey & Maturin, #7)
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Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #3) Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #3)
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The Long Ships The Long Ships (Paperback)
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Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1) Because of Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #1)
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The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3) The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)
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Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4) Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)
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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (Dear America) A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (Dear America)
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Ruta Sepetys
“What determines how we remember history and which elements are preserved and penetrate the collective consciousness? If historical novels stir your interest, pursue the facts, history, memories, and personal testimonies available. These are the shoulders that historical fiction sits upon. When the survivors are gone we must not let the truth disappear with them. Please, give them a voice.”
Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea

John Gardner
“They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.

'Poor Grendel's had an accident,' I whisper. 'So may you all.”
John Champlin Gardner, Grendel

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